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Lostock Hall: Having climbed away from the WCML at Farington Curve Junction, 70810 powers through Lostock Hall station, with bitumen empties for Lindsey Refinery, on 14th September 2022. This view looks east towards Lostock Hall Junction, where southbound trains from East Lancashire diverge towards Farington Junction.

Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway (East Lancashire Railway)
Mark Bartlett [14/09/2022]


Edinburgh Waverley: Installing electrification masts at the west end of Waverley in October 2007.

Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
John Furnevel [12/10/2007]


Thornton North Junction: From a carriage window. Looking over the start of the relaid Levenmouth branch in October 2022. Note the 'distant' board at bottom right.

Leven Railway
Bill Roberton [04/10/2022]


East Loch Tarbert Slip: The shoreline at Tarbert, Loch Fyne, in October 1965, with a Clyde Hover Ferries hovercraft on the slipway at Dickie's boatyard, the base used by the hovercraft during the short-lived attempt by Clyde Hover Ferries Ltd to compete with the steamer service on the Clyde.

Piers, slips and staiths
Brian Haslehust [/10/1965]


Penzance: Looking west towards the buffer stops at Penzance in October 2015. The HST in platform 1 has just arrived from Paddington.

West Cornwall Railway
John McIntyre [15/10/2015]


Elderslie: Black Five 4-6-0 45492, light engine, meets Standard Five 4-6-0 73120, in the morning mist at Elderslie on 20 February 1964. The Black 5 is probably about to head for Corkerhill shed.

Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
Colin Kirkwood [20/02/1964]


Ormskirk: 507024 stands in Ormskirk station around 1980, soon after its introduction. A Derby 2-car DMU, beyond the buffer stops, is ready for its journey back to Preston. This view clearly shows the Down platform building, traces of the goods yard and the old line that was left in place for several years as an emergency connection but has since been removed. The buffers in the station have since been fitted with a screen to prevent modern train headlights dazzling opposing drivers.

Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway (East Lancashire Railway)
Don Chattwood [//1980]


Dalzell Works Signal Box: Network Rail welcomed Central Scotland MSP, Graham Simpson, to the site of a new bridge that will be installed under the West Coast Main Line at Motherwell to hear first-hand about progress on the work to date.

Wishaw and Coltness Railway
Network Rail [/10/2022]


Ballachulish Ferry: BRCW Type 2 D5356 calls at Ballachulish Ferry with a Ballachulish branch service in 1964.

Ballachulish Branch (Callander and Oban Railway)
Brian Haslehust [03/09/1964]


Lancaster: 195121 has just left Lancaster, heading for Manchester Airport with a service from Barrow, and crosses the Lancaster Canal on 15th July 2022.

Lancaster Canal
Mark Bartlett [15/07/2022]


Edinburgh Waverley: 47705 'Lothian' propels a Glasgow Queen Street-bound service away from Waverley platform 14 in 1989. In 2003 the loco was re-engined as Virgin 'Thunderbird' 57303 and is presently with Direct Rail Services.

North British Railway
Bill Roberton [//1989]


Fort William: Stanier Black 5 Class 4-6-0 no. 45212, named after Sir William Stanier (1876-1965), at Fort William station waiting to depart with the 12.50 service of 'The Jacobite' to Mallaig, on Thursday, 8th September 2022. This locomotive, originally no. 5212, was constructed by the firm of Armstrong Whitworth at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1935. The 4 was added by British Railways at Nationalisation in 1948 and the locomotive saw a further 20 years in regular service before being withdrawn in 1968. Going on the Jacobite had been on my bucket list since seemingly time began!

West Highland Railway
David Bosher [08/09/2022]


Penzance: FGW HST power car 43016 has just arrived at Penzance with a train from Paddington in October 2015.

West Cornwall Railway
John McIntyre [15/10/2015]